IT WAS A STUPID MARXIST-CULT IDEA:  ‘Defund the Police’ Narrative Crumbles as Big City Dems Make Fighting Crime Central to Election Campaigns.

WHEN HAS AN EXPERT EVER LED US WRONG?  Expert claims intelligent aliens could be circling stars throughout Milky Way.

OOH, SHINY:  A look at Worldview, one of two balloon companies about to offer high altitude tourist flights.

FOR ANYONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE SCIENCE THESE ARE THE DREAMS OF SCIENTIFIC ILLITERATES:  The Top 10 Creepiest & Most Dystopian Things Pushed By The World Economic Forum.

This is a ghost dance of multinational Stalinists.

THEY’RE LUNATICS WORSHIPING THEIR IMAGINARY EARTH GODDESS:   The oppressive and ignorant blacklisting culture that now dominates politics.

SO SAY WE ALL:  Dismantle the D.C. Company Town.

THE DISCIPLINE CODE OF “STOP DOING THAT OR ELSE WE’LL ASK YOU AGAIN” IS ONLY BEGINNING TO PRODUCE RESULTS:  Teachers, parents want real discipline as NYC student suspensions fall.

THEY REALLY THINK THEY CAN SPEAK THEIR DREAMS INTO BEING:  Biden declares ‘more Americans feel financially comfortable’ since he took office.

HE’S RUNNING FOR A CONTESTED SEAT HELD BY ELISE STEFANIK, A GOP INCUMBENT:  Democrat Max Rose blasts Hunter Biden, says Post got ‘raw deal’ in reporting.

PROGRESSIVISM IS MAKING US CLASSROOMS TOO STUPID:  Claim: Climate Change is Making US Classrooms Too Hot.

THIS IS THE COUNTRY THE LEFT LAUDS:  The Uyghurs in China now live in a giant, open air prison camp.

THIS:  One result of the Depp/Heard trial…

THEY AIN’T PRETTY:  Here are two videos illustrating certain aspects of the left…

AT THIS POINT PARIS IS ALSO THE ERSTWHILE PARIS:  US Intel: “end is near for Putin”; Beirut, erstwhile “Paris of the Middle East”, now capital of a failing state; the Queen’s Jubilee.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE LONG GONE:  The last vestiges of fact-checker integrity.

AS THEY SHOULD:  Nine Air Force Members file Class Action Lawsuit against DoD for Religious Discrimination.

THEY HATE US:  Bidenflation: Egg Prices Soar 161% as Shortages Loom.

THE BEST WAY TO DRIVE THE LEFT NUTS:  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Responds to Biden Snide Insult with Grace.

BEHOLD MY SHOCKD FACE:  Study: Rise in LGBT Identification Among Young People Is Significantly Influenced by ‘Social Trends’.

AT THIS POINT PUBLIC SCHOOL IS CHILD ABUSE MOST PLACES:  Academic Malpractice.

AND IN A PERSONAL NOTE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ONE DAY LATE: To my friend Jim Bellmore!

Here’s to another 50.

ANOTHER THIRD HAVE PLANS THAT ARE WILDLY UNREALISTIC:  One-third of Americans admit they had no life plan after graduating school.

Which makes them about the same as previous generations.

Me? I was going to move to America and become a science fiction writer. I mean, what are the odds?

NONE OF THEM NAMED BIDEN:  South Carolina undercover sting busts 11 men creeping kids online.

But only because the Bidens don’t live in South Carolina.

GOOD NEWS FOR VODKAPUNDIT!  Older drinkers recover faster from surgery than non-drinkers, study reveals.

If Steve ever needs surgery, he’ll be out before he’s in! (Love you, Steve! Smooch.)

NEWS YOU PROBABLY CANNOT USE:  New to Florida? Here’s a guide to help prepare for your first hurricane season.